A Deeper Look at the New Google | Innovation Talk: Amazon will have to adapt but Wall Street won’t like it | Supporting innovation means encouraging entrepreneurship and more...
> Experts are of the opinion that Google cannot go the way of conglomerates like Berkshire because of the nature of the Tech industry. Also Berkshire typically invests in underfunded companies while Alphabet will be the parent company to moon shots like fighting aging!
http://goo.gl/eTZilG
> Ericsson is encouraging disruptive innovation and entrepreneurship with its Ericsson Networked India initiative. Ericsson is using this interesting approach to promote innovation and offer entrepreneurs a platform to showcase their capabilities.
http://goo.gl/QYUGDG
> The Share economy and Amazon's recent culture expose makes one wonder if we heading towards a more ruthless and less meaningful Darwinian culture at work?
http://goo.gl/9l6BlD
> The increased collection of student data by schools and education services could effect a very vulnerable demographic. Data collection is increasing as the adoption of online education services and apps find a bigger market. The personal details can make this already vulnerable category open to identity theft or predatory marketing.
http://goo.gl/5aiqDh
> Banks and financial companies are looking beyond Bitcoin to the technology i.e. the network and software that Bitcoin uses. The blockchain technology has elicited interest from Nasdaq as well as Goldman Sachs, Santander and BBVA. This has the potential to reduce costs and increase speed of consumer payments. Blockchain technology has the potential to disrupt the payment industry as we know it!
http://goo.gl/o6jP6r
> Private enterprises need to work together and with the government to ensure everybody has quick access to information about threats. This will reduce the shelf life of known threats and limit the impact for hackers.
http://goo.gl/ukrKf5
> Uber has hired two engineers who revealed a a vulnerability that would allow anyone to remotely take control via a hardware chip that connected Fiat Chrysler cars to the Internet
http://goo.gl/bwn6NY
> A vertical farm in Chicago 'Green Sense' is using the Internet of things (IoT), to harvest crops without any pesticides or herbicides, 26 times a year. The farmconsumes 85 percent less energy and one-tenth of the water that is typically used. If this is an indication of things to come IoT could have a massive impact in protecting our most valuable natural resources and could become a huge market for technology companies working on IoT solutions.
http://goo.gl/kEE5Cb